Fatalities in US road crashes declined last year, NHTSA says

Close to 41,000 people died on U.S. roadways last year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said, a total that was 3.6% lower than in the year before. NHTSA ... decline to 1.26 ... Read More

How many lives are saved by seat belts each year? 2024

Each year, the NHTSA ... seat belt use has increased, the share of fatal crash victims who were unbelted has generally decreased. In 2017 alone, seat belt use prevented an estimated 14,955 deaths ... Read More

Seat belt use drops to a nearly 20-year low in Ohio, study says

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Seat belt use in Ohio hit a nearly 20-year low last year ... s Traffic Safety Office, in a news release. “Unrestrained deaths are completely preventable. Read More

County sees sharp decline in traffic deaths this year

The Maui News / LILA FUJIMOTO photo WAILUKU — Maui County has seen the sharpest decline ... fatal traffic deaths rose by 2 percent to 47, compared with 46 at this time last year. Read More

NHTSA crash test 101

Important safety systems such as safety belts ... for the rear-seat passenger. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) front-crash tests are quite different from NHTSA's in that they ... Read More

Highway deaths fall for second year in a row

Highway deaths in the U.S. dropped more than 3.5% last year. Highway deaths in the U.S. dropped more than 3.5% last year, the second year in a row that the number of deaths has fallen. This ... Read More

USDOT: Arkansas among the top states to rank the lowest in seat belt use

Again, it is not clear how many of the victims did not use a seat belt. According to NHTSA ... Toward Zero Deaths program to eliminate traffic fatalities. The Arkansas Strategic Highway Safety ... Read More

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Overdose deaths on same pace as last year

Drug overdose deaths in Bartholomew County so far this year have largely kept pace with last year, when fatal overdoses declined 36% to ... “continued widespread use of fentanyl” in the ... Read More

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